The village partners with Uber and Via to handle first-mile, last-mile trips between workplaces and transit stops. Bedford Park and Moovit are developing a mobility-as-a-service app to plan and execute user trips. Regional transit authorities were engaged to optimize Connect2Work for existing CTA, Metra, and Pace stops. Connect2Work fills gaps in local transit and reduces traffic congestion caused by single-passenger car commutes.
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Bedford Park launches suburban-city job access mobility pilot - Smart Cities World
Pilot aims to increase transit ridership and the use of shared modes of travel by providing the community’s commuters’ access to safe and reliable last‐mile connections.
Finding Better Ways to Connect2Work in Bedford Park for a More Sustainable Commute : Moovit
Getting to work in the mornings can be a challenge. For those who work in Bedford Park, a village southwest of Chicago, Illinois, getting to work is no easy feat and is nearly impossible to do on public transit – until today. Home to over 27,000 jobs, Bedford Park is an important commercial and industrial […]
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